F-Type ( X152 ) 2014 - Onwards

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Old Sep 30, 2020 | 11:27 AM
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Getting my 19 R painted and new wheels. Here are some pics of wheels and color, what do you guys think? I dont kike the storm gray and stock wheels.

Spruce mica metallic.
 
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Old Sep 30, 2020 | 02:10 PM
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Cool color would look great on the F-type, but don't paint it, you'll kill the value of the car and unless you spend 10-15k it'll never be like factory, take it too a good wrap place and have it fully wrapped for under 5k, wheels idk abt that style on the jag, but it is your car and money and you should do what makes you happy, personally I'd go with a nice forged wheel on a car that is over $100,000. Good luck and keep us updated with photos.
 
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Old Sep 30, 2020 | 03:24 PM
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Thanks storm. Well, it is not a maaco paint job and those wheels are on astins, and exotics. As far as value goes, as soon as it lleft the lot it crashed as we all know. I plan on keeping the car for a long time so I wanted to make it my way.
 
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Old Oct 1, 2020 | 03:18 AM
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+1 on the wrap unless you're going to spend up on it and have all visible surfaces done inside and out, and keep it forever. Wheels are very subjective IMO. Ask me how I know!
 
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Old Oct 1, 2020 | 10:07 AM
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I plan on keeping the car, getting a custom show quality job done. Not a fan of wraps. Here is a config with the wheels.

 

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Old Oct 2, 2020 | 10:46 AM
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Ya i'll be honest, the wheels are definitely not my style, and I like the look of aftermarket wheels, but in my eyes those really do not suit the F-type even slightly. And depending where you live, as someone who has worked with the body shop industry, if you want a factory level paint job, you are spending $10-15,000, you need to gut the car completely, pull the motor, suspension, etc. And unless you do plan to do that, I would definitely stick with a high end wrap or spray on wrap, check out streedspeed 717's C8 corvette. But ya def look at some other wheels, just checked those out and they definitely do not fit the style of the F-type in my opinion. But again, this is YOUR car and YOUR money, I won't be the person to tell you what to do with it. Good luck and have a good day
 
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Old Oct 2, 2020 | 03:09 PM
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Those wheels are way too blingy for my tastes and also generally speaking I'm not a fan of 8-spoke wheels. There's something irksome about the 90-degree angles created by the spokes but that's probably just me.
 
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Old Oct 2, 2020 | 08:38 PM
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Originally Posted by StormtrooperFtype
Ya i'll be honest, the wheels are definitely not my style, and I like the look of aftermarket wheels, but in my eyes those really do not suit the F-type even slightly. And depending where you live, as someone who has worked with the body shop industry, if you want a factory level paint job, you are spending $10-15,000, you need to gut the car completely, pull the motor, suspension, etc. And unless you do plan to do that, I would definitely stick with a high end wrap or spray on wrap, check out streedspeed 717's C8 corvette. But ya def look at some other wheels, just checked those out and they definitely do not fit the style of the F-type in my opinion. But again, this is YOUR car and YOUR money, I won't be the person to tell you what to do with it. Good luck and have a good day
Thanks, we cant all be boy racers.
 
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Old Oct 2, 2020 | 08:53 PM
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I don't mind it at all. Go for it and report back with pictures!
 
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